Hi,
I've been working on importing support for RALink 2860 devices from
OpenBSD, because that's the WLAN chip the EeeBox has.
Like wi(4), this chip is able to do encryption and decryption in the
hardware. Like wi(4), it has the issue that the net80211 layer isn't
too keen on the idea.

Actually, the net80211 layer *is* keen on the idea. Maybe it appears
otherwise. Can you say more about that?